Iowa’s nine Area Education Agencies have received computer science grant funding from the Iowa Department of Education that will provide close to $1 million in computer science professional development and impact nearly 850 educators this summer. The grant will be used to pay for the professional learning opportunity, and it also provides a stipend for teachers who participate in that professional development.
At the elementary level, the curriculum and professional learning opportunities include:
- BootUp
- Code.org CS Fundamentals & Deep Dive
- Computer Science micro-credentials asynchronous learning
- AEA Learning Online CS Standards asynchronous modules
- Code.org CS Discoveries (6-8 grades)
- Code.org CS Principles (9-12 grades)
- Code.org CSA (Java) (9-12 grades)
- Carnegie Mellon CS Academy (Python) (6-12 grades)
- AEA Learning Online Computer Science Standards asynchronous modules (6-12 grades)